Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in Delhi

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The pillar is a sandstone monolith 12.98 in in height, with characteristic Mauryan polish. Sultan Firuz Shah brought it from Topra in Ambala District and fixed it on the pyramidal structure at Kotla Firuz Shah. Originally it appears to have been enclosed within railings. This pillar is inscribed with the Asokan Pillar-Edicts No. I to VII which are nearly complete. These edicts were the first to be deciphered in 1837 by James Prinsep yielding the key to the decipherment of the Brahmi script. Source: competentauthoritydelhi.co.in/ This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM